Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Trainee Clinical Practitioner

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our trauma and orthopaedic team. The role will require the successful clinician to work within the four pillars of Advanced Practice which includes:

Clinical management of patients (autonomous assessment/investigation/diagnosis and management to include non-medical independent prescribing)

Leadership – lead on service developments and implementing change processes, provide clinical leadership to MDT members

Education- provide education, mentorship and support to a wide multi-professional audience. Maintain own education needs and a live portfolio of advanced practice

Research- demonstrate use of evidence-based practice and involvement in research projects (QIP/Audit)

The job is open to fully trained ACPs from multi-professional backgrounds. We are also willing to consider those who require full ACP training, and in this instance, Annex 21 will be applied to the post.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The ACP will be expected to provide clinical care/management to patients admitted into acute areas including trauma wards, emergency department and outpatient setting.

Maintain a portfolio of AP to demonstrate the four pillars of advanced practice.

Clinical- will be expected to undertake clinical assessment request relevant investigations, make diagnosis and initiate treatment and management plans according to patient need, include non-medical independent prescribing. They will be required to undertake patient ward rounds as an independent clinician. To undertake higher level communication- impart bad news and discuss treatment escalation plans and DNACPR.

Leadership – clinical leadership of MDT. Develop the trauma orthopaedic services. Develop QiPs, attend and be an instrumental part of relevant HB strategy groups or forums e.g, Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Forum for CTM.

Education- be responsible to own educational needs, striving to enhance and develop own skills, knowledge and competence. Deliver education within the clinical setting and formal education settings. Provide mentorship and coaching to multi-professionals undertaking clinical courses such as MSc AP and NMIP.

Research- use guidelines to support clinical decisions in practice. Be involved in audit/research. Lead of QiP projects and service evaluations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

For annex 21 eligible applicants, completion of the qualification is a requirement of the contract of employment.

During this training period, salary will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 of the Terms and Conditions as follows : Months 1 - 12 of the training period will be paid at 70% of the top of Band 7 pay scale, Months 13-24 of the training period will be paid at 75% of the top of Band 7 pay scale,

Upon successful attainment of the qualification, even if sooner than the 24 month allocated timeframe, the post holder will automatically move to the bottom of the Band 7 pay scale (without financial detriment), as they will then meet the full KSF outline of this role and be expected to undertake all duties within this Job Description as indicated.

NOTE : There will be some circumstances where current staff apply for these posts, and their new trainee salary will be below that of their current salary. To aid both the recruitment and development of staff it is recommended that staff across NHS Wales should have continuity of pay for the duration of the training to avoid financial detriment. This should apply when staff take up training posts both within and across NHS Wales organisations. Following this training, the remuneration will be the bottom of Band 5, again without financial detriment.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Welsh language skills are desirable